Coaling
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In-Game Text
"Among the substances that are dug up because they are useful, those known simply as coals are made of earth, and they are set on fire and burnt like charcoal. They are found in Liguria, where amber also occurs, and in Elis as one goes by the mountain road to Olympia; and they are actually used by workers in metals."
– Theophrastus of Eresos, On Stones
Coal is essential to the mining and metalworking efforts of a colony, and can also be used to fertilize fields. Coaling allows you to construct and light Coal Clamps, which burn blocks of wood into charcoal.
About
Charcoal can be used as both a Fuel and a Fertilizer, as well as Ammo for 
Baby Braziers and 
Blazing Braziers.
Making Charcoal
- With 20x
Woodblocks on hand Build a 
Coal Clamp. - With a source of
Fire on hand, light your Coal Clamp. - Wait 56 hours for the wood to burn down. When the Coal Clamp is finished burning the graphic will change from smoking to black.
- Right-click on the Coal Clamp and select Gather Charcoal. The amount Charcoal is determined by the Purity of the Woodblocks used and your
Sparks & Embers.
When Collecting Charcoal there is a chance to receive an 
Unscathed Wood at the same Purity as the 
Woodblocks used to make the 
Coal Clamp instead. When used as Ammo, if the Purity of the Unscathed Wood is higher than the Blazing Brazier's, adding it will raise the Blazing Brazier's Purity, allowing it to do more damage to invaders.
